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Originally Posted by longsuffering
I guess the part that amused me the most was the author trying to make the analogy that "wokeness" (used mockingly of course) is a form of religious fervour.
Comparing support for social justice with the anti-woman, anti-gay agenda driven by REAL religious zealots on the right is idiotic.
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You clearly don't understand the social functions of religion.
* Provide a sense of community and belonging.
* Provide a sense of purpose.
* Enshrine sacred beliefs - that is beliefs that it's immoral to question or challenge.
* Earn social status by conspicuously demonstrating your faith.
* Employ shame to enforce conformity.
If people can't recognize these behaviours in social justice warriors, I don't know what to say. I guess you stay off half the internet, don't listen to or read any left-leaning media, and you're ignorant of the dozens of public figures shamed or fired for questioning progressive orthodoxy. You aren't aware of writers who are shamed and denounced for simply writing fiction from a character of a different gender or race - if that isn't irrational dogma at work, I don't know what is.
A few days reading the headlines of the Guardian, Slate, or the CBC's website is more than enough to see progressive piety and dogma expressed with all the fervour of born again Christians. I can show you non-political hobby forums where to simply question whether the hobby is rife with racism and misogyny is enough to get you banned.